含み損

• 読み: ふくみぞん
• ローマ字: fukumizon
• 漢字の分解: 含 (gan/fuku) — contain, include; 損 (son) — loss, damage
• 発音: /ɸɯ.kɯ.mi.zo.ɴ/

意味

Unrealised loss; paper loss. The decrease in value of a held asset that has not yet been sold to crystallise the loss.

The opposite of 含み益, referring to a loss that exists on paper because the current market value of a held asset is below its purchase price. For example, a stock bought for ¥100 now worth ¥60 carries ¥40 in 含み損. Investors face the psychological challenge of deciding whether to hold and wait for recovery or cut losses (損切り). A key concept in investment psychology and risk management.

例文

1. 株価下落で多くの投資家が含み損を抱えることになった。
2. 含み損が膨らんでも損切りできない投資家は多い。
3. 為替の急変動によってドル建て資産に含み損が生じた。

使い方ガイド

場面: investment, finance, accounting, stock market

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Compound of 含み (latent, implicit; from 含む 'to contain, to hold within') and 損 (loss, damage). Paired with 含み益 as the standard two-term set for unrealised investment positions.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Investors

社会的背景: Finance